Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Warrant Officer Class I D. J. Cole, South Wales Borderers and Army Air Corps

War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya, second clasp loose on riband as issued (14888705 Cpl. D. Cole. A.A.C.) officially re-impressed, good very fine (2) £180-220

Dennis J. Cole was educated at the Mining and Technical Institute, Neath, Glamorganshire, and attested for the South Wales Borderers in 1945. He served with the Army Air Corps in Palestine and Malaya, and was advanced to Warrant Officer 1st Class (Regimental Sergeant Major) in the South Wales Borderers. He was discharged in December 1966, after 21 years’ service, having latterly been employed with the All Arms Junior Leaders Regiment. A keen athlete, he represented the Army in the Pole Vault in various Inter-Service and B.A.O.R. Athletic Championships, and in 1953 won the B.A.O.R. Championships and was runner-up in the Army Championships at Aldershot. He also held the Welsh pole vault record.

Sold together with the recipient’s related miniature awards the first clasp on the G.S.M. ‘Palestine’ rather than ‘Palestine 1945-48’; Framed commission as Warrant Officer; Regular Army Certificate of Service; riband bar; 20 athletics prize medals, silver, silvered, and bronze, for various Inter-Unit Team Championships, District Championships, Army Athletic Association Championships, and Inter-Services Athletic Championships, for both individual Pole Vault and team competitions, covering the period 1949-59; and a large quantity of original newspapers, Regimental Journals; Advance Notes and Orders; and various letters relating to the recipient’s service career.